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The MOMS Club of Grovetown is joining MOMS clubs in Evans and Martinez.

“The most important benefit of being a member of MOMS Club is support, provided during the day, during the week, when at-home moms need support the most,” said Melissa Blizzard, marketing chairwoman of the local groups. “We provide this support by offering a variety of activities that at-home moms can attend with their children.”

The Grovetown club has about 40 members and there are about 160 countywide, she said.

As the political season builds to its crescendo, Georgia voters will have their first opportunity to cast a general election ballot in person on Monday.

In Columbia County, early voting takes place at the Board of Elections office, in Building E of the government complex in Evans, weekdays from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Interest in the election seems high, said Registration Coordinator Nancy Gay.

A 21-year-old woman is listed in good condition at the Medical College of Georgia hospital Friday following a three-vehicle wreck on Columbia Road the night before.

Cory Lynn Ledford, of Evans, had to be extricated from a 2003 Honda Civic that collided with a Honda Accord at about 8 p.m. while turning left into the entrance of Ivy Falls, according to a Columbia County accident report.

She was taken to MCG with serious injuries, but her condition has improved to good, according to a hospital spokesperson.

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• A Columbia County Alternative School special needs student went before the school system hearing officer on Oct. 2 for theft and was expelled for the remainder of this school year’s first semester and was sent to the alternative school for the second semester.

• A Grovetown High School student went before the hearing officer on Oct. 4 for under the influence of drugs and was remanded to the school for insufficient evidence.

T’Asia Robinson usually spends time at Augusta Christian Schools football games on the sidelines as cheerleading captain.

But Friday she spent halftime on the field being named the 2012 homecoming queen.

“I didn’t really expect to win,” said Robinson, who looked genuinely dumbfounded when her name was called. “I was really, really, really surprised. I’ve been waiting for homecoming for so long. I was so excited for it.”

Other members of the homecoming court were seniors Kendall Brown, Taylor Cason and Avalyn Zilke.